Mounce, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. It lies near Gambling Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Short Bend quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1941 USGS Stone Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Stone Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Short Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
79 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Mounce between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,408 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 2003 | Other causes | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | CHICKEN COOP |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | MAJORS HOLLOW |
| 12 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BOWERS HOLLOW |
| 1 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | LEVI HOLLOW |
| 6 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 32 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | TIMOTHY HOLLOW |
| 4 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Mounce: 18 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Barksdale Diggings | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S+G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fitzwater Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Fitzwater Mine West | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Fitzwater Mines East | Iron | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ark | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Junction Lookout (historical) | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dent Ford | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Stone Hill | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Howes Mill | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Short Bend | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Max | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cooksey | 7.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740146. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.












